<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The value of assessment is in its usefulness to the teacher and the student, not as an isolated mental activity. If we don't use the information we generate about our students to inform our instruction, we are simply "navel-gazing."<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align=right><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">-Frank Serafini<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Need to know more about your readers? Frustrated by test-driven assessments that merely mimic real reading behaviors. <I>Classroom Reading Assessments</I> returns assessment to its simple, crucial essence: knowing students-<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">really</I> knowing them-so that your teaching addresses their individual strengths and needs.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Frank Serafini</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> helps you open windows into students' invisible mental processes as they select books, read and make sense of them, and respond to them. He gives you his best of the best-classroom-proven, research-based assessments for before, during, and after reading that meet four stringent requirements:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.45in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.2in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: JA"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: JA">They improve your students' reading<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.45in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.2in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: JA"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: JA">They increase your effectiveness by pinpointing where students need help<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.45in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.2in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: JA"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">They maximize efficiency by avoiding unnecessary instructional interruptions </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: JA"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.45in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.2in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-